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Praised by Booker Prize winner David Szalay as a “strange, humane and beautiful book,” A Cat At the End of the World cements Robert Perišić’s reputation as one of the most exciting and important contemporary writers in Europe. Delivered like a fable, this graceful, lyrical novel shifts perspectives between a runaway slave and Scatterwind, a bodiless spirit that moves effortlessly through time and space, from the days of ancient Syracuse to our contemporary era.

At the temple of Isis, the roles the world remembers are reversed: Miryam of Magdala is the teacher, and Yeshua of Nazareth is her initiate. Teachings of Miryam follows the three hidden years the gospels never recorded. Under Miryam's guidance, Yeshua descends into the ancient Egyptian mysteries...

The Republic was already a corpse. Caesar was simply the first to point it out. In the Forum Romanum, hired thugs brawl beneath crumbling temples while senators step over bodies to reach their morning appointments. The graffiti mocks Pompey. The aqueducts leak filth onto statues of Concord. And...

Solomon built a kingdom. Time would test it.Born into a court divided by ambition and blood, Solomon inherits a fragile throne and an uncertain future. The tenth of nineteen sons of David, he survives a deadly struggle for succession and assumes rule over a small hill-country capital in a region...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. The Three Monkeys — See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil. Many people know the icon, but few know the story behind this ancient legend. This is the ancient tale of three guides whose gifts of sight, sound, and voice once helped keep the world in...

Ein Mann, den seine Heimat für einen Verräter hält. Ein Reich, das ganz Griechenland unterwerfen will. Eine Schlacht, die über die Zukunft Athens entscheidet. Im Jahr 480 v. Chr. bereitet der persische Großkönig Xerxes den größten Feldzug vor, den die griechische Welt je erlebt hat. Glaukon scheint für ein glückliches Leben bestimmt zu sein. Der junge Athener stammt aus einer angesehenen Familie, wird als außergewöhnlicher Athlet gefeiert und liebt seine Frau Hermione. Doch sein engster Freund Demokrates verbirgt ein gefährliches Geheimnis.

Previously published as The Itinerary. Messiah's Preparation, a Christian historical fiction of Jesus in the wilderness Did you ever wonder what transpired during the mysterious forty days Jesus spent alone in the wilderness after his baptism? Uncover the untold story in Messiah's Preparation, a captivating Christian historical fiction that weaves fact and fiction into a modern-day narrative. The Wilderness Sojourn: A Journey of Solitude, Temptations, and Divine Revelation Are you ready to journey alongside Jesus as he faces solitude, fasting, prayer, and the relentless temptations of Satan?

From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, painting the brutal and captivating empire of gods and men, and the one queen destined to rule them all. A common woman. The governor she married. The king who loved them both. Babylonia...

No Friend to This House is an extraordinary reimagining of the myth of Medea, written and read by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes. 'Haynes is the modern embodiment of the best of Homer' – Radio Times This is what no one tells you, in the songs sung about...

Abandoned after months of captivity, Julius Caesar gathers recruits that he will forge into a unit powerful enough to gain vengeance on his captors. But soon a new crisis threatens: a gladiator named Spartacus.

Set 25,000 years in the past, The Clan of the Cave Bear is an epic tale of love, identity and the struggle to survive. 'BEAUTIFUL, EXCITING, IMAGINATIVE' NEW YORK TIMES 'MAGIC' TELEGRAPH When an earthquake destroys her family's camp, Ayla is left orphaned and alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous...

From the #1 bestselling author comes an epic story of love and war as two opposing deities find themselves drawn to each other against all odds. Because when Aphrodite and Ares fall in love, sparks are bound to fly. THIS IS THE OLDEST LOVE STORY OF ALL TIME . . . Aphrodite, Goddess of Love...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE LATEST ANCIENT EPIC IN THE NEW ATHENIAN SERIES FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF EMPEROR AND WAR OF THE ROSES TWO LEGENDARY BATTLES. ONE FEARLESS WARRIOR . . . Themistocles stands as an archon of Athens: the might of the city is his to command. Yet he is no nobleman...

Bloomsbury presents Galatea by Madeline Miller, read by Ruth Wilson. From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion. In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor...

'A page turner from beginning to end ... A damn fine read' Ben Kane. Four Emperors. Two Friends. One Destiny. As twilight descends on the 3rd century AD, the Roman Empire is but a shadow of its former self. Decades of usurping emperors, splinter kingdoms and savage wars have left the people...

Brought to you by Penguin. You know her name, you know her story. Just not the right one... Within the depths of the Underworld the formidable snake-haired Gorgon has finally had enough. Tired of being eternally and unjustly brandished a villain, Medusa has found the courage to face her tragic...

A Forgotten Hero. An Unforgettable Battle. India, 1025 AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India’s northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging. Many of the old...

**The spellbinding new retelling of the story of Troy drawn from the perspective of the fearless women at the heart of it all.** 'The story and its characters swept me up and engulfed me, I could not put this one down' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ REAL READER REVIEW 'I was glued to it from beginning to...

Widely considered as one of the finest historical novelists of the 20th century, Mary Renault brought the ancient world alive, turning age-old myths of gods and monsters into compelling human stories. In The King Must Die and its sequel, The Bull from the Sea, she retells the legend of Theseus, one of the greatest heroes of Ancient Greece.

The gripping new Cato and Macro adventure in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Eagles of the Empire series, not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. It is AD 55. As trouble brews on the eastern fringes of the Roman Empire, Tribune Cato and Centurion Macro must prepare for war...